Ecumenical Patriarch Stephanos I

Ecumenical Patriarch Stephanos I (867-18 May 893) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 886 to 893, succeeding Ecumenical Patriarch Photios and preceding Ecumenical Patriarch Antonios II.

Biography
Stephanos was the son of Emperor Basil the Macedonian, but it was assumed by some that he was actually the son of Michael III of Byzantium like his brother Leo VI of Byzantium. In 886 his brother dismissed Ecumenical Patriarch Photios and made Stephen the new patriarch, and he acquired a reputation for piety. He died in 893 at the age of 26.